Whittled Whimsey #8
Signed and dated PR Drumm 2002
Old chair leg, Maple?
18" x1 1/2" max.dia.
Exhibited on world wide web, http://www.whittledwhimseys.com
This 18" Whittled Whimsey #8 has no less than
six examples of toggle joints. It has a faintly suggestive Southwest
Original American look about it if you discount the four-breasted
torso right from old Hindu goddess mythology. Definitely a whimsical
combination. See the rotating ring like a hula-hoop from modern
times. The "feet" (three of them!) pound a 10-barred
cage "drum" atop an obliquely barred cage. Chain links
connect to a toggle that travels both up and down, and 180 degrees
side-to-side, enabled by ball-in-unique-cage design. This connects
to yet another toggle, its ball in a six-bar cage. The foot of
the former chair leg is the last toggle you find in WW#8.
Photos show progression from head to foot. |
